Does you euro have drift to one side tendency?

[aaronng]

When you are braking, and one wheel happens to be on a patch of road with worse condition, the steering wheel and car will pull to one side.

[avid]

havent read the entire post but i went from my 16" stockies to 17" (2005) with the bridgestone potenza re040 and i am experiencing drifting to the RIGHT

never used to happen with 16", and started to drive the moment i put the 17" on, also as i slow down, the drifting gets worse and actually pulls the steering wheel a good 40 degrees to there right just as im stopping.

Entity,i posted the same issue back on page 4 of this thread.You aint alone,except dont expect any help from Honda.I rang and emailed them and they didnt have the courtesy to reply.If you change your rims and tyres,even if they are genuine Lux ones,dont expect Honda to help.
Aaronng,i think what Entity and i are experiencing with the braking is an abnormality associated with the change in rims and/or tyres.I also drive a '96 Accord over the same uneven surface every second day,and i dont have the problem.Nor did i have it when i was running the 16" rims and non-directional Dunlops on my Euro.

[aaronng]

If you brake and you end up with a change in direction, it means one tyre has more grip to the surface than the other. It happens with my car with the 16" Dunlops because of suspension geometry (castor angle for steering return). It probably gets worse with the OEM Bridgestones.

[Entity]

Entity,i posted the same issue back on page 4 of this thread.You aint alone,except dont expect any help from Honda.I rang and emailed them and they didnt have the courtesy to reply.If you change your rims and tyres,even if they are genuine Lux ones,dont expect Honda to help.

this is true, i asked honda directly if installing genuine rims will void the warranty and they confirmed it.

i am now thinking of putting on my stockie rims everytime i go into a service, u never know when u might have a split boot or a loose suspension component that needs fixing.

[avid]

Entity,i hope Honda wern't trying to imply it will void the 'whole of car' warranty.
That just would'nt be true.I take it you mean they confirmed that the tyres wont be covered by Honda warranty in the situation you and i have put ourselves in by being so impudent as to disregard their advice and run the bigger rims on our Standard model Euros.

[aaronng]

Entity has a point though. They might blame your split boot or loose suspension on the heavier rims, which I think is ridiculous.

[Entity]

Entity,i hope Honda wern't trying to imply it will void the 'whole of car' warranty.
That just would'nt be true.I take it you mean they confirmed that the tyres wont be covered by Honda warranty in the situation you and i have put ourselves in by being so impudent as to disregard their advice and run the bigger rims on our Standard model Euros.

not the whole car, but basically if you do any kind of "modification" to your stock vehicle they will attribute fault to that as much as they can.. for example if you put on bigger wheels and then one of your shocks blow, they will blame it on the wheels even though it has very little to do with it unless u've cut ur springs.

similarly, if you put in a CAI and any engine issues come up, dont expect honda to fix it under warranty.

[tony1234]

not the whole car, but basically if you do any kind of "modification" to your stock vehicle they will attribute fault to that as much as they can.. for example if you put on bigger wheels and then one of your shocks blow, they will blame it on the wheels even though it has very little to do with it unless u've cut ur springs.

similarly, if you put in a CAI and any engine issues come up, dont expect honda to fix it under warranty.

In my experience it depends on the dealer.some are mod friendly some are wankers about it.

[monda]

Reported this problem to the dealer at first service and was advised that there is a known problem with some Accord Euros (MY05 Upgrade) in that they have a drift to the right. It is a problem with the tyres resulting from the wrong tyres being supplied by the manufacturer (American vs Asian spec or something like that).

[V205]

One would have thought that Honda would issue a notice to dealer on how to identify those wrong type of tyres used.

Or even a recall or some sort.

Reported this problem to the dealer at first service and was advised that there is a known problem with some Accord Euros (MY05 Upgrade) in that they have a drift to the right. It is a problem with the tyres resulting from the wrong tyres being supplied by the manufacturer (American vs Asian spec or something like that).

[Woogler]

After months of complaining about mine, they only replaced the front tyres! Even though they had rotated them front to rear in the trial and error stage and the problem persisted.

This tells me that on the first tyre rotation at a service, the pulling to the right will revisit due to the rear tyres having the same fault. Go figure... Honda....Surely their profit margins aren't that tight....

[yfin]

example if you put on bigger wheels and then one of your shocks blow, they will blame it on the wheels even though it has very little to do with it unless u've cut ur springs.

I would have thought if you put on heavier rims your shocks and brakes have much more work to do. So it is not really outrageous for Honda to deny a blown shock warranty claim if you have 19" heavy chromies. I would say it is entirely fair. Sometimes people double the weight of the rim and tyre package and expect every component to last like OEM.